These easy healthy pumpkin chocolate chip muffins are the best snack for fall!

These healthy pumpkin chocolate chip muffins taste delicious!

Ring in the fall season with these healthy pumpkin chocolate chip muffins! I don’t know about you, but fall is my absolute favorite season.

Give me all the pumpkin bread, apple crisp, cozy clothes, and crisp cool mornings. If only it could be fall year round, now that would be amazing!

These easy healthy pumpkin muffins are made with lighter ingredients like greek yogurt, whole wheat flour, and real pumpkin. They are completely oil free and less than 150 calories each.

ingredients to make healthy pumpkin chocolate chip muffins

plain greek yogurt: the unsweetened kind
pumpkin puree: not pumpkin pie filling
eggs
whole wheat flour
rolled oats: also known as old fashioned oats
brown sugar
pumpkin pie spice
vanilla extract
salt
baking soda
baking powder
mini chocolate chips

ingredients to make healthy pumpkin muffins

how to make healthy pumpkin chocolate chip muffins

Step 1: In a mixing bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients: greek yogurt, pumpkin, eggs, brown sugar, and vanilla extract.

Step 2: In a separate bowl, whisk the dry ingredients: whole wheat flour, rolled oats, pumpkin pie spice, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.

Step 3: Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing with a rubber spatula until just combined. Be careful not to over mix the batter. Fold in the chocolate chips and stir to combine.

Step 4: Line 12 muffin cups with parchment paper muffin liners. Distribute the muffin batter evenly into the muffin cups. Sprinkle on additional mini chocolate chips over the tops of the muffins.

Step 5: Bake the healthy pumpkin muffins at 400 degrees for 15-17 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

pumpkin muffins wet ingredients mixed together

How to keep pumpkin muffins from sticking to the liners

Because these muffins do not have oil, you might have trouble with them sticking to the muffin liners. The easy solution for this is to buy parchment paper muffin liners at your grocery store.

Parchment liners have changed my life! Absolutely nothing will stick to them.

These pumpkin chocolate chip muffins are healthy enough to eat for breakfast, but also double as a yummy treat for your sweet tooth.

The key to these fluffy moist muffins is greek yogurt. It also means that we don’t need any oil in this recipe!

These muffins are low in sugar, making them perfect for a healthier (and protein packed) breakfast or snack. These would also be great to curb a sweet tooth for dessert!

pumpkin chocolate chip muffin in the baking pan

pumpkin chocolate chip muffins stacked on top of each other

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins FAQs

Leftover muffins can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.

You can also use whole plain greek yogurt for this recipe. Keep in mind that vanilla greek yogurt has added sweetener, but that can also be substituted for a sweeter muffin.

No, canned pumpkin should contain just one ingredient: pumpkin. Pumpkin pie filling has added spices and sweetener in it.